Metal band Metallica has warned fans of scammers posing as them and offering fake cryptocurrency giveaways ahead of the launch of their album, 72 Seasons.
— Metallica (@Metallica) December 6, 2022
In a tweet, the band warned fans that any websites, YouTube channels and livestreams claiming to offer Metallica cryptocurrency were fake. To avoid getting scammed, the band urged fans to “always look for official verification before believing something wild and crazy to be true”, and reminded them that all official Metallica social media profiles were verified.
The band also thanked fans for being diligent in reporting the fraudulent sites both to the social media sites hosting them and the band itself and asked that fans “don’t let up” in exposing these fake giveaways and “report anything that is a scam”.
so happy u guys made a statement ab this i was worried some older/younger fans who may not be familiar with how the internet works might fall for this stuff
— Gordon Freeman (@claytobbb) December 6, 2022
Fans praised the band for being proactive in posting about the scams, with one fan saying they were glad the band had addressed the fraudulent sites as they were “worried some older/younger fans who may not be familiar with how the internet works might fall for this stuff”.
This is the weirdest crypto scam I have seen yet.
A fake @Metallica account doing a…
